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How terrible for you! Naughty puppies, I freaked out once when I saw mine playing with a panadol tablet as a puppy once so I can't imagine how you are feeling with 20 meds missing!

Keep positive I think its a good sign they aren't showing effects, tablets only take about 30mins normally to take effect on humans so the longer they stay happy and normal the less likely it is they have been affected.

Thinking of you and your boys :grouphug:

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They both threw up last night and no drugs could be seen in their vomit :( which is bad because it means they dissolved into their system most likely. They are at the vet for 3 days on fluids.

I've spoken to the vet and really it's a waiting game to see what the blood tests show, they are otherwise both very happy and wagging their tails this morning. But the vet said we wouldn't see any effects straight away, there is still a real danger.

I'll be visiting them later on today and will update again later.

Right now I just feel completely awful, had about 2 hours sleep and really wishing I had pet insurance. Which I don't.

My dog ate a packet of Voltaren as a pup. The new kitten was the culprit as he had decided to play with the bottle and it had ended up on the floor. I came home to pools of vomit. Rang the vet whose wife was the receptionist/nurse. She wouldn't put me onto him and told me it was too late and it had to just 'go through her system til it came out the other end'.

I was not happy so found an excuse to go up there for something the next day and managed to mention it to another vet as she went past. She threw a fit. Gave me all these meds to coat the gut etc. Of course, it was too late. The pills were destroying her entire gut lining and the poor pup was so sad and sick. I took her to the vet and she was put on a drip. The bitch of a wife then rang the next day to complain about the pup crying as she was worried about the neighbours. Meanwhile I was ringing everyone I knew and got onto the wonderful Marilyn Gill. She didn't mince words and told me we'd be very lucky to save her and sent me straight to the specialist vets. After a week she started to recover and is now 13 years old! It took over a year to get her right back to normal, and Her liver has not recovered fully and is extremely small, but it hasn't affected her.

So don't give up because you did everything right and went straight to emergency. They will be able to deal with any problems as they show up, and it sounds like they are already taking preventative action.

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Talk to your vet hun.

I'm paying atlas' visits off $50 a week

Will be thinking of you

I pay into the vet's account each fortnight to cover bills. Grumpy can be a bit expensive, bless him.

This happened to someone I know. Her dog was fine after being on fluids for a few days.

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